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President's message: "Property Matters" conference was a fitting climax to a year in office which has seen many successes for the Society

Opinion that the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland's 50% lay membership and failure to use available information on candidates, results in a mixed record

An overview of the "Property Matters" annual conference plus a highlighted contribution from each of the five sessions

Discussion of whether, following publication of the draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill, legislation on either side of the border will serve any real purpose

What is changing, and what is not, in competitive tendering procedures as regulations are prepared to implement new EU directives

Duties of solicitors as employers in relation to the Protection of Children Act, if they engage anyone likely to have unsupervised contact with a child

Some practical difficulties for executry practitioners faced with shares in United States companies

Final of four articles on developing a workable strategy explains how the budget can be used to ensure that the strategy is on track and value is being created

The potentially wide application of radio frequency identification chips in reducing the risk of clinical negligence claims

Sample of recent conveyancing claims on the Master Policy reveals that it is still the relatively simple things that tend to go wrong

Interview with Caroline Flanagan as she prepares to take up office as the Society's President

A younger solicitor co-opted to the Society's Council describes the benefits to set against the commitment involved

Latest civil cases, including reponing notes; decree by default; summary decree; proof; taking children's views; appeals; expenses

The proposed reduction in separation periods prior to divorce could produce hardship unless further steps are taken

Comment on Profile Software Ltd v Becogent Ltd, in which the Court of Session construed an intellectual property agreement in a commercially workable manner

Overview of the proposed EU constitution and what effect it will have on the way the EU relates to Scotland

Recent developments relating to leave periods, of interest to solicitors as employers as well as employment law practitioners

Issues relating to costs and expenses of administrators and liquidators which have recently occupied the courts

Sites of solicitors' firms which offer automatic email updates on various legal topics

Review of Land Tenure in Scotland (Rennie)

Effects of the European Court Van de Walle decision on the UK regimes dealing with waste and contaminated land

How one conveyancing blunder from many years ago was only rectified through the pragmatic approach of the Keeper

This paper, given to the Four Jurisdictions Conference in Nice this year, discusses how family law can make a difference for the better by careful choice of the most suitable method of resolution

Scottish Retail Consortium proposes more effective intervention following 3rd Retail Crime Survey